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   • 7.5/10 7.5/10 IMDb
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   Critics consensus A wonderful cast and top-notch script elevate The Great Debaters beyond a familiar formula for a touching, uplifting drama. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Dec 25, 2007 · 80% Tomatometer 134 Reviews 86% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings Poet and professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) teaches at the predominately black Wiley College in 1935 Texas. He decides ...

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   The Great Debaters debuted at No. 11 in its first weekend with a total of $6,005,180 from 1,171 venues. The film grossed $30,236,407 in the US. Critical response. As of November 20, 2012, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics gave the film

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   Is the Great Debaters a good movie?

   • A wonderful cast and top-notch script elevate The Great Debaters beyond a familiar formula for a touching, uplifting drama. Poet and professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) teaches at the predominately black Wiley College in 1935 Texas. He decides to start a debate team, something nearly unheard of at a black college.

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   Who starred in 'the Great Debaters'?

   • The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, and Kimberly Elise. “The Great Debaters” was written by Robert Eisele and Tom Epperson and produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth.

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   How much money did the Great Debaters make?

   • The Great Debaters debuted at No. 11 in its first weekend with a total of $6,005,180 from 1,171 venues. The film grossed $30,236,407 in the US. As of November 20, 2012, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 132 reviews.

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   Is the Great Debaters based on a true story?

   • The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas.

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4. www.commonsensemedia.org › the-great-debatersThe Great Debaters Movie Review | Common Sense Media

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   What you will—and won't—find in this movie. Positive Messages. Themes include communication, the resilience of yo. Positive Role Models. Debate team members are mostly determined and nobl. Violence & Scariness. A central scene shows a lynching, with a burned, h. Sex, Romance & Nudity. Henry flirts with a man's wife at a bar; women.

   • 4/5
   • Director: Denzel Washington

   • Author: Cynthia Fuchs
   • Produce Company: Weinstein Co.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2007/12/25 › moviesThe Great Debaters - Movie - Review - The New York Times

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   A film review of "The Great Debaters", a drama based on a true story of a black college debate team that challenged racial and social barriers in the 1930s.

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   This makes “The Great Debaters” more than just an inspiring film. It is also a history lesson about an America that is at the dawn of social change where equality is no longer judged by skin color. The helmer balances the two themes into a unified whole. Having a major movie star as the film’s director shows a degree of clout in ...